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Kang Rae-yeon
Kang Rae-yeon is a South Korean actress and model. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''The Time We Were Not in Love'' and ''Gogh, The Starry Night''. Early life Kang was born an only child and a third-generation South Korean; her family was originally from Shandong, China. She attended Seoul Chinese Primary School and Seoul Overseas Chinese High School, and graduated from Sejong University with a degree in hotel management. Career Kang started a modeling career posing for magazines. She made her acting debut in the 1998 film ''Zzang''. She went on to work on television series ''The Bean Chaff of My Life'', ''Forever Love'', and ''My Love Patzzi'', among others. Beginning in 2004, Kang took a three-year break from acting to go backpacking across several countries including the United States, Canada, India, and Egypt. She returned to acting in KBS1's '' Heaven & Earth''. Kang appeared in SBS dramas in On Air, A Thousand Days' Promise and Queen of Reversals on MBC. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny (2011 Film)
''Sunny'' () is a 2011 South Korean comedy-drama film. The film is about a middle-aged woman who tries to fulfill her friend's dying wish of reuniting their group of high school friends. The film alternates between two timelines: the present day where the women are middle-aged, and the 1980s when they were in high school. It is the second film by writer-director Kang Hyeong-cheol, who previously directed ''Scandal Makers'' (2008). Released on 4 May 2011, ''Sunny'' was the first film of that year to sell five million tickets in South Korea, and became the second highest-grossing Korean film by the end of the year. , it is the 13th best-selling film of all-time in South Korea. Kang Hyeong-cheol and Nam Na-yeong won Best Director and Best Editing, respectively, at the Grand Bell Awards. Actress Kang So-ra won several awards for her role as the teenage girl Ha Chun-hwa. Plot Im Na-mi (Yoo Ho-jeong), a wealthy housewife and mother, does her daily routine. While things look perfec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Gold Digger
''Miss Gold Digger'' (; lit. "Prudent/Careful Miss Shin") is a 2007 South Korean romantic comedy film. Plot Shin Mi-soo is juggling relationships with four different men, adopting a different persona for each one. But her love life becomes increasingly tangled, and the men show their true colors when they find out how they've been manipulated. Cast * Han Ye-seul as Shin Mi-soo * Lee Jong-hyuk as Dong-min * Kwon Oh-joong as Joon-seo * Kim In-kwon as Yoon-cheol * Son Hoyoung as Hyeon-joon * Jeong Gyoo-soo as Mr. Choi * Yoo Eun-jeong as Yeong-mi * Oh Seo-won as Hye-jeong * Jo Hye-jin as Mi-soo's friend * Park Hyeon-jin as Yoo-jin * Jeong Da-yeong as Dong-hee * Jeong Hae-soo as Yeong-mi's husband * Lee Won-jae as Vice manager * Yoo Soon-cheol as Monk * Park Joon-mook as Kid at apartment * Ban Hye-ra as Woman at apartment * Lee Jeong-hak as Squad leader * Kang Rae-yeon as Yang Dae-ri ( cameo) * Lee Jae-hoon as Drunken man (cameo) * Im Ye-jin as Mi-soo's mother (cameo) * Chun Ho-jin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa-kwa
''Sa-kwa'' () is the debut film of South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, although not released in South Korea until late 2008. This subtle, introspective drama of shifting moods—with acute observation of the dynamics of relationships. Plot Hyun-jung (Moon So-ri), dumped by her boyfriend of seven years, Min-seok (Lee Sun-kyun), is broken and teetering on the brink of emotional collapse as she seeks a new suitor and get married as soon as possible since her biological clock keeps ticking away. Sang-hoon ( Kim Tae-woo) enters her life; Hyun-jung is attracted to his shy demeanor and marries him. But then Min-seok reconsiders and wants to return to her. Cast *Moon So-ri as Hyun-jung * Kim Tae-woo as Sang-hoon *Lee Sun-kyun as Min-seok *Kang Rae-yeon Kang Rae-yeon is a South Korean actress and model. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' The Time We Were Not in Love'' and '' Gogh, The Starry Night''. Early life Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine (2003 Film)
''Madeleine'' () is a 2003 South Korean romance film starring Jo In-sung and Shin Min-ah in lead roles. The film was released on January 10, 2003, in South Korean cinemas and drew a total of 146,482 admissions in the nation's capital of Seoul. ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 2013-01-09. Plot Ji-suk () is a Korean Language & Literature major who dreams of becoming a writer, and delivers newspapers part-time. When he goes to a hair salon to have his long hair cut, a charming woman calls him by name. She is none other than Hee-jin, his classmate in junior high school. Dreaming of becoming a hair designer, Hee- ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's Webtoon
''Today's Webtoon'' () is a South Korean television series starring Kim Se-jeong, Choi Daniel, and Nam Yoon-su. It is a remake of a Japanese drama, which was based on the manga series ''Jūhan Shuttai!''. It aired from July 29 to September 17, 2022 on SBS TV's Fridays and Saturdays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot for 16 episodes. Synopsis ''Today's Webtoon'' tells the story of On Ma-eum (Kim Se-jeong), a former judo athlete, who struggles to adapt to her new job as webtoon editor after retiring as an athlete due to an injury. Cast Main * Kim Se-jeong as On Ma-eum : A rookie contract employee of the webtoon editorial department. She has a large appetite, a great sense of smell, and cauliflower ears typical of a fighter as a former standing member for the judo national team. On Ma-eum had to quit her athletic career when an unfortunate accident during a match tore her ankle ligament, but she begins to dream anew as a webtoon editor. * Choi Daniel as Seok Ji-hyung : An unpredictable depu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaken (TV Series)
''Awaken'' () is a 2020–2021 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Kim Seol-hyun, Lee Chung-ah and Kim Chang-wan. The series, directed by Kim Jung-hyun and written by Shin Yoo-dam, revolves around two police officers as they dig up the secrets of mysterious events that occurred in a village 28 years ago. It aired on tvN from November 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00 ( KST). Synopsis Do Jung-woo, the leader of a special task force in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, ends up investigating a series of mysterious murders. Together with his team, which includes hot-headed Officer Gong Hye-won and Jamie, a detective on loan from the FBI, they uncover clues that these crimes are somehow related to a tragic event that happened 28 years ago in a village called "White Night". Cast Main * Namkoong Min as Do Jung-woo ** as young Jung-woo : A special team leader of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency who is capable of writing a leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol
''My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol'' () is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Baek Jin-hee, Park Se-young, Jeon In-hwa, Yoon Hyun-min, and Do Sang-woo. It aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays 21:45 for 51 episodes from September 5, 2015 until February 28, 2016. Although the drama enjoyed high viewership ratings, with the finale earning national viewership of 33.6%, critics described the drama as "absurdly unrealistic". Plot Sa-wol, Hye-sang and Oh-wol grow up in the same orphanage as best friends. On the day the orphanage collapses, Hye-sang finds out that Sa-wol is to be adopted by her wealthy biological father instead of her after a DNA test that reveals the mixed up between them. Eager to be raised in the upper class society, Hye-sang traps the orphanage director, who is also her true father, in the collapsing building with Oh-wol to hide the truth. However, when Sa-wol ended up being brought into the family as well, Hye-sang starts tormenting, blame shifting and buryin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lie To Me (2011 TV Series)
''Lie To Me'' () is a South Korean television series starring Kang Ji-hwan, Yoon Eun-hye, Sung Joon and Jo Yoon-hee. The series revolves around a civil servant named Gong Ah-jung (played by Yoon) who pretends to be the wife of the wealthy hotel heir, Hyun Ki-joon (played by Kang) to impress her former friend. It is directed by Kim Soo-ryung and Kwon Hyuk-chan, produced by Jo Sung-won and written by Kim Ye-ri. Synopsis Gong Ah-jung (Yoon Eun-hye) is a government employee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. At the beginning of the series, Ah-jung lies to an antagonistic friend about being married, not to lose face in front of her. The lie quickly snowballs (due to several misunderstandings) until Ah-jung realizes that everyone is gossiping about her supposed, secret marriage to Hyun Ki-joon (Kang Ji-hwan), the very wealthy president of World Hotel. As the gossip spreads, a miserable Ki-joon is forced to combat the rumors to his friends as he decides a plan of action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Love To Kill
''A Love to Kill'' () is a 2005 South Korean television drama series, starring Rain, Shin Min-a, Kim Sa-rang, and Lee Ki-woo. It aired on KBS2 from October 31 to December 20, 2005, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Synopsis Kang Bok-gu (Rain) is a skilled K-1 fighter. However, he has never tried to win a single fight, as he has no desire for the attention that will come with a title. He lives in the same house with Han Da-jung ( Kim Sa-rang), who saved him from a fire when they were teenagers. Racked by guilt that she became scarred as a result and knowing her love for him, Bok-gu intends to spend the rest of his life with her, even though he is not in love with her. After years of being estranged from his older brother Kang Min-gu ( Kim Young-jae), Bok-gu finally reconciles with him. However, the reunion is short-lived. Min-gu attempts suicide upon learning of the engagement of his ex-girlfriend, Cha Eun-suk (Shin Min-ah). Eun-suk is an upcoming actress. Caught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance (2002 TV Series)
''Romance'' () is a 2002 South Korean television drama series starring Kim Jaewon and Kim Ha-neul. It aired on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes from May 8 to June 27, 2002. Plot Fatal love strikes us out of a sudden and helplessly takes us deep down into the sea of fervor, giving us no choice but to yield. This drama beautifully unfolds the forbidden passion between a teacher and a student. Chae-Won and Gwan-Woo meet for the first time at a rural seaside village flower festival. They fall in love at first sight, not in their dreams have they known that Chae-Won is the teacher at Gwan-Woo's high school. The second time they meet is at the classroom where they realize the situation and become bewildered and embarrassed. The love story between the two young people is overlapped with Gwan-Woo's tearful success story and this inspire the viewers with high emotion. Cast and characters Main cast *Kim Jaewon as Choi Kwan-woo *Kim Ha-neul as Kim Chae-won *Jung Sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School (South Korean TV Series)
''School'' () is a South Korean anthology series created by the KBS Drama Production Group for KBS2. The first season premiered in 1999, and the series lasted for four straight years (until 2002). After a ten-year hiatus, the franchise rebooted with a new season in 2012 tiled as ''School 2013''. Since then 3 other series: '' Who Are You: School 2015'', ''School 2017'' and ''School 2021'' were launched. Background School series is a Korean drama series about the struggles that students go through in course of their formative years in schools. It mainly focuses on portraying realistic issues that South Korea's youths faces, such as the corrupt education system, teen suicide, corporal punishment, academy and tutoring culture, career prospects and bullying. The series has been noted for launching the careers of rookie actors. Series overview List of series ''School 1'' A drama about the problems adolescents face in schools, between study, first love and family, and how they stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
